Originally Posted by txa1265
That is funny - I just sold the older of my Alienware m11x laptops and am working on selling the other one!

This laptop has had two previous owners. And there were other people too willing to bid for it. Its kind of popular rarity here.

I was first planning to get a 1900€ gaming laptop but couldnt see how I could explain that to my gf so I picked the used alienware instead. And Im glad I did since these things are seriously expensive as new.

Lately Ive started to buy my hardware as used since you can get it way cheaper even if its only months old.

-- “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
"Those who dont read history are destined to repeat it."– Edmund Burke

Originally Posted by Tanno
Just tell me if there's any other book of Lovecraft that I missed without knowing, please.

The Complete Fiction should already contain all of his stories. There are other authors who expanded upon his work, however, more specifically the Mythos. Incidentally I started reading the Complete Fiction a few weeks ago in preparation for the Arkham Horror board game. Got halfway through book 1 before I felt the urge to read standard fantasy again. Some interesting therein, my favorite so far is one with some sort of upside down castle.

-- "Mystery is important. To know everything, to know the whole truth, is dull. There is no magic in that. Magic is not knowing, magic is wondering about what and how and where." ~ Cortez, from The Longest Journey

Why do people use this term, actually ? Is this going to be a kind of religion in a few hundred years or what ?

-- “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

-- “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Talisman is one of my most favorite boardgames of all time. As a young boy a friend had 2nd edition with one expansion and I wanted to play it everytime I visited him. Many many years later I bought third edition but sold it when I needed money. Later I bought the entire set from ebay which was really expensive.

Talisman: The Dragon is for 4th edition. While 3rd edition had plenty of problems (like being really ugly), 4th edition have glorious artwork and some really good improvements.

The Dragon adds new endings to the game and makes the game alot more advanced than the base game.

-- Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. - John F Kennedy
An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind. - Mahatma Gandhi
The world is my country. To do good is my religion. My mind is my own church. This simple creed is all we need to enjoy peace on earth. - Thomas Paine

Was looking at old D&D stuff w/ friends the other night and came upon the 1980's "Basic Set" on Ebay - this was the exact set i begged for as a kid and finally got for my B'day. I had forgotten what it looked like up until then - when i saw it i knew I had to have it once again, crappy blue dice and all!

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature[1] and the focus of Lovecraft's famous short story The Call of Cthulhu (first published in pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928) - to identify the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors.

-- "Mystery is important. To know everything, to know the whole truth, is dull. There is no magic in that. Magic is not knowing, magic is wondering about what and how and where." ~ Cortez, from The Longest Journey

-- “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Originally Posted by Myrkrel
Wow that is the coolest e-reader case I've ever seen! Very nice.

I love the stuff from Oberon - I have a 'Tree of Life' cover for my Nook Touch which I got in June, and since it is real leather it becomes softer and more pliable over time and just feels wonderful in your hands.

Originally Posted by JDR13
I was actually thinking that would make a great case for the "collector's edition" of an RPG.